Ambon

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately from Old Javanese Ambwan (“Ambon”), attested in the Nagarakṛtāgama, likely through Classical Malay and reinforced by modern Indonesian. Compare nearby names such as Fordata Yabun. See also Amboyna, ultimately from Portuguese, and likely from a similar source. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Ambon An island of Moluccas, Indonesia. A city, the provincial capital of Maluku, Indonesia. ==== Derived terms ==== Ambonese Malayu Ambon ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Boman, Mabon, Nambo == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese Amboina. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑm.bɔn/ Hyphenation: Am‧bon === Proper noun === Ambon n Ambon (island in the Moluccas, Indonesia) Ambon (city, capital of Maluku) ==== Derived terms ==== Ambonees Ambons ==== Related terms ==== Amboina == Indonesian == === Etymology === From Malay Ambon, from Ambonese Malay ombong (“dew”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈam.bon/, [ˈam.bɔn] === Proper noun === Ambon Ambon (island in the Moluccas, Indonesia) Ambon (city, capital of Maluku) Ambonese (language in Moluccas) Ambonese (The natives or inhabitants of Ambon Island) === Further reading === “Ambon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016